# Art Reference Board: Mica — Drawing & Painting Moodboards

> Drawing & Painting Moodboards (iPhone/iPad app by Rezonating Apps, LLC.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/art-reference-board-mica/id6800322337 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Rezonating Apps, LLC](https://appshunter.io/developer/1631244037)
- Category: Graphics & Design, Productivity
- Price: Free with in-app purchases
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 26.0 · 44 MB
- Languages: American English, Arabic, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, French (France), German (Germany), Greek, Hebrew and 18 more
- Released: 2026-09-21
- Data updated: 2026-10-11
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/art-reference-board-mica/id6800322337/reviews.md

## What is Art Reference Board?

Your references should stay as close as your next brushstroke.

Mica is an art reference board built for illustrators, painters, animators, concept artists, character designers, tattoo artists, art students, and anyone who thinks visually. Gather images, photos, GIFs, WebP animations, video, and PDFs on an infinite canvas. Then study color, value, shape, pose, and motion without breaking your creative flow.

BUILD THE BOARD YOUR ART NEEDS
• Import from Photos, Files, folders, camera, document scanner, or clipboard
• Drag and drop on iPad and Mac
• Save references from other apps with the system share sheet
• Send new ideas to Capture Inbox and organize them later
• Reuse original images from your asset library across multiple boards

STUDY—DON’T JUST COLLECT
• Generate six- or twelve-color palettes from the dominant colors in your references
• Combine grayscale with two-, three-, four-, or six-level posterization for value studies
• Crop, flip, rotate, resize, and adjust opacity
• Play GIF and WebP animation, inspect timelines, and step frame by frame
• Step precisely through video and save useful frames to your canvas
• Run timed reference studies with interval and shuffle controls
• Annotate, highlight, measure, and sketch with Apple Pencil

KEEP REFERENCES BESIDE YOUR WORK
• Work beside your drawing or painting app on iPad
• Float a reference with Picture in Picture on iPhone and iPad
• Keep an always-on-top reference window on Mac
• Enter focus or presentation mode when you want the interface to disappear

ORGANIZE SERIOUS CREATIVE PROJECTS
• Build boards with pages and layers
• Arrange references in rows, columns, or a masonry-style grid
• Group, lock, hide, duplicate, snap, and reorder canvas items
• Add folders, tags, notes, sticky notes, styled text, and saved canvas regions
• Search reusable assets by name or tag, filter by dominant color, and find boards with Spotlight
• Keep favorites, recent work, reusable assets, and captured ideas within reach

PRIVATE, PORTABLE, AND YOURS
• Work offline by default
• Protect private boards and folders with a passcode or supported biometrics
• Restore an earlier local board version without overwriting your current work
• Export pages as PNG or PDF, share selected references, or export original files
• Move a complete project with Mica’s portable .refboard archive

Collect what inspires you. Study what matters. Keep creating.

Start free with one board, one page and up to 12 items. Advanced features require Mica Pro. Available purchases and any eligible trial are shown in the app.

Privacy Policy:
https://rezonating.app/privacy.html?id=mica

Terms of Service:
https://rezonating.app/terms.html?id=mica

## Pricing and in-app purchases

Base price: Free.

**Subscriptions**

| Subscription | Price | Period |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Mica Pro - Monthly | $1.99 | per month |

**One-time purchases**

| Purchase | Price | Type |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Mica Pro - Lifetime | $5.99 | one-time |



## Version history (last 2 releases)

### 1.2 — 2026-09-23

Improved app performance when using canvas features.

### 1.1 — 2026-09-22

No release notes.

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